Chapter 457 Answers and New Questions

Not only Qin Shaoyou was curious about the identity of the little boy that the Black Lotus Sect was looking for, but Zheng Tu was also curious.

It's just that what he thought was that since this little boy was valued by the leader of the Black Lotus Sect, he must have special abilities, so after the torture, would he be able to gain more karma?

Zheng Tu tried to inquire about the situation with the followers of the Black Lotus Sect who contacted him, but was warned by the other party not to ask so many questions.

However, after Zheng Tu stuffed a piece of silver ingot, the Black Lotus believer finally confided some news, saying that the little boy he was looking for was the leader of the Black Lotus Sect, the person named by the future Maitreya Buddha of the Black Lotus.

As for why he was looking for this little boy and what he was looking for, no one knew and no one dared to ask.

The follower of the Black Lotus Sect just told Zheng Tu to take this matter to heart, and gave a rough request: a boy, around four or five years old, born during the twelfth lunar month.

The purpose of Zheng Tu joining the Black Lotus Sect is very simple, that is, to prove the Buddhahood and avoid being tortured in the Knife Mountain Hell after death.

Other than that, he is not interested in any affairs and activities of the Black Lotus Sect.

The same is true this time.

On the surface, Zheng Tu agreed to this job. In order to cope with it, he even found a few idlers and asked them to find out who the qualified children were in the city.

But that's all.

He didn't personally go out to find qualified little boys, let alone send these little boys to the Black Lotus Sect, he just reported the news.

In addition, he is still preparing secretly, intending to sever ties with the Black Lotus Sect at a critical moment.

Because at this time, Li Anan, who came to Mianyuan County, and his Arhats and followers of the Black Lotus Sect, had already started arresting children.

In the beginning, they only caught children who met the requirements, but after a while, they caught as long as they were children, regardless of gender or age.

Zheng Tu asked the followers of the Black Lotus Sect who joined him for the reason, and the reason given by the other party was to cover up their real purpose.

But Zheng Tu felt that Li Anan was clearly playing with fire by doing this!

If the ones who were taken away were only four or five-year-old boys born in the twelfth lunar month, because of the limited number, they could be pushed on Pai Hanako's head.

Isn't it normal for monsters to snatch people with special birthdays?

At that time, you can find a few people to take the blame for the dead ghost and fool this matter.

But now Li Anan obviously wants to arrest all the children in Mianyuan County.

Moreover, the children captured by him were not sent to the leader of the Black Lotus Sect. Instead, they were turned into dogs by Li Anan's evil methods, and then these dogs were returned to the city to be captured, slaughtered, and cooked.

So Zheng Tu suspected that Li Ananda was using it for private use, and was taking advantage of the opportunity of serving Heilian's future Maitreya Buddha for his own benefit.

Seeing this, Qin Shaoyou nodded secretly.

Zheng Tu's suspicion was not wrong.

Li Anan was indeed used for private use, because after the town demon division captured Li Anan, although he and his subordinates did not find out about the search for a boy born in the twelfth lunar month, he and his subordinates did not torture him. The question revealed Li Ananda's attempt to use the method of "parents eat their children" to generate karma, so that he could find a chance to break through to the Bodhisattva status and obtain the golden body of the Buddha.

Of course, at the very beginning, Li Anan may have really just wanted to cover up the truth, so as not to startle the snake before he found the real target, making him notice and run away.

But after gaining karma and seeing the hope of becoming a Buddha, Li Anan couldn't control the desire in his heart.

In addition, the power of the Black Lotus Sect at that time developed well in Mianyuan County, and there were members of them from the county government to the town demon division, so Li Anan felt that even if they captured a few more children, they would still be able to Press things down.

Anyway, he definitely didn't think about staying in Mianyuan County for a long time. When he found his target and generated enough karma, he could run away.

As for what would happen in the future, Li Anan probably didn't intend to take care of it at all.

Of course, these were all guessed by Qin Shaoyou based on the clues in Zheng Tu's memory.

But Li Anan arrived in Mianyuan County in February, and he still hasn't left in June.

This made Qin Shaoyou couldn't help wondering whether they hadn't found the target at all?

Just because they didn't find the target, more and more children were taken away by them. Even if they had ghosts in the county government and the town demon, they couldn't suppress the anger and were reported to the Luocheng town demon.

At the same time, they were forced to attack Zhang Shilang's grandson?

As for wanting to kill Zhang Shilang, pull off his skin and let Painted Skin Ghost wear it as a fake, is it just a side effect?

Not to mention, after Qin Shaoyou went through the matter like this, he felt that many of his previous questions had been solved.

For example, after Li Anan was captured, Qin Shaoyou discussed this matter with Xue Qingshan, Xu Ba'an and others. At that time, they all couldn't understand why Li Anan chose to arrest children in Mianyuan County?

Logically speaking, wouldn't it be better to choose a remote town for such a thing?

Although the number of children is small, all the children can run away immediately after the disaster is over. When they go to a new place to do things, the town demon priests in the local county may not necessarily know that such a thing happened.

Isn't that how the demons of the Black Lotus Sect used to operate?

At that time, Xu Ba'an and others also said, could it be that the demons of the Black Lotus Sect have become arrogant and arrogant after seeing the continuous natural disasters and man-made disasters in recent years, and the rampant demons and ghosts?

Now it seems that Li Anan and the others are not arrogant, but have a mission.

But a new problem came again.

Li Anan and the others arrested four-month-old children in Mianyuan County.

After grasping for so long, it is likely that the target has not been found.

But why didn't they think about it, would the target run away long ago? Why not go to other places to try, but stay in Mianyuan County all the time?

Are they sure the target didn't run?

Or is it that the Black Lotus Sect sent people to search elsewhere, but Li Anan and the others stayed in Mianyuan County to continue looking for people?

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the target child, the Black Lotus Sect has already found it.

Letting Li Anan stay in Mianyuan County was the intention of the Black Lotus Sect to conceal the truth, making people think that what happened in Mianyuan County was really a Bodhisattva of the Black Lotus Sect who wanted to become a Buddha. So as to attract the attention of some people?

Qin Shaoyou shook his head.

There is really a lot of information hidden in this matter, and there are also many doubts and puzzles. He needs to think about it.

But what he has to do now is to continue to check Zheng Tu's memory.

In the next memory, Qin Shaoyou saw a familiar face.

It was Liu Shuyuan, the censor who was rescued from the well by them!

In Zheng Tu's memory, Liu Shuyuan entered the city as an inspector censor, and was warmly received by the county magistrate at that time.

Did Liu Shuyuan come to Mianyuan County at the end of February?

Qin Shaoyou was a little surprised at first, but soon felt that it should be so.

Liu Shuyuan was originally on patrol in Yizhou, and it was normal to visit various counties. Moreover, he was attacked on the bank of Raft River below Mianyuan County on the third day of March.

Not to mention that in Mianyuan County, there is still Zhang Shilang who has returned to his hometown after returning to his official position.

Uncle Liu is far more emotional than reasonable, so he should come and visit him.

I just don't know if there is any connection between Liu Shuyuan and the little boy that the Black Lotus Sect monster is looking for?

Qin Shaoyou held his breath and continued to look down.